Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32736, Peter Glover, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
NUMBER _____
S. 32736
Glover, Peter
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Massachusetts Roll
Peter Glover Capt Glover Private Mass Line - 11 months
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence the 2 d of May 1818 -
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th of September and sent to Daniel A. White Esq r Judge Prove P y Chap.
Arrears to 4th of September 1818 Am t 3/30. 32 1/2
Semi-ann. all ee ending 40
Continued $ 80.75
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Henry Essex Esq r Co.
Notification sent July 26th 1820 to Daniel A. White Esq r Salem Mass

2640
Peter Glover
19 Sept 1815.
Beverly
Con
4 Mar 1815

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A. D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice.
Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and
Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Peter Glover resident in Beverly in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 2.540 now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Peter Glover late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the second day of May one thousand eight hundred and 1818
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 19th day of September one thousand eight hundred and 1818 - J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
Real estate none. Income nothing
Personal estate -
Old chairs 2.00 2 old tables 75 ct. - $1.15
2 old meal chests 25 ct. 1 spider 20 ct. 45
1 dish kettle 33 ct. 1 doz old silver forks 10 ct 43
1/2 old plates partly broken, & cups, & saucers etc 12 1/2
old house stones & and irons - - - - 20
1 spinning wheel 50 ct - - - - 50
1 wood horse, hand saw, axe, hoe, spade, wheelbarrow 1.00
3.85 3/4
Since Peter here says that he is 79 years of age and wholly unable to labour, his family consists of himself and his wife, 80 years old, and very infirm, unable

to work by reason of a cancer on her right side have been supported by charity of individuals, and of the town for some years past. was a mariner served in Capt. Glovers Company of foot in Colonel Glover Regiment of the Massachusetts line during the year 1776 -
Peter Glover

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Wm Wetmore a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, Peter Glover do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. So help me GOD.
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed Peter Glover took and subscribed the aforesaid Oath before me
Wm Wetmore Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is
Three — dollars and eighty five cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this 17 th day of July — A. D.
1820
Attr.
Ichabod Tucker, Clerk

Peter Glover of Beverly, Es s . C o . Mass ts
Daniel A: White, Esq. Judge, Essex county, Mass ts .
Peter Glover, Massachusetts line Revolutionary Claim.
Not on the Massach ts roll. — See endorse- ment in the case of Jonathan Greety.
2 d May.

Peter Glover of Beverly in Massachusetts, aged Seventy Seven, upon Oath makes the following Declaration:
That in December 1775 he enlisted for the term of one year in Capt. John Glover Junr's Company of foot in Col. John Glover's Regiment as a non-commissioned Officer: that he continued to serve from that time till Novr 24. 1776, when, having Sprained his knee in pursuing a party of the enemy, 500 or 600, under Maj. Rogers, he was discharged at New Castle near East Chester in New York.
That he is very infirm and from his reduced circumstances here in life is in need of assistance from his country for support: he never had any pension, and he renounces all claim to any heretofore allowed by the laws of the United States.
The annexed Certificate of Discharge is genuine.
Peter Glover
July, 21. 1818 The said Peter Glover, on further recollection thinks he enlisted about the middle of Jan'y 1776
Peter Glover

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss:
On this second day of May A.D. 1818 the within named Peter Glover personally came before me Daniel A. White Judge of the Court of Probate for the county aforesaid and upon oath made the aforesaid Declaration by him subscribed: And it appearing to my satisfaction that the said Peter Glover did serve in the Revolutionary War against the common enemy in the manner he has above declared I hereby certify the testimony in the case and the proceedings had thereon to the Secretary of the Department of War.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court the day and year above written
D. A. White

I James Patch of Beverly in the County of Essex Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on solemn oath depose and say, that I enlisted in Capt. Moses Brown's Company of Love in Glover's Regiment on the 5 th day of February A.D. 1776. that I joined the Regt. about the 10 th of the said month, that when I joined the Regt. I found Asa Larson and James Goldthwright who to my knowledge were enlisted by Peter Glover of said Beverly, the annexed declaration, who had enlistment orders. that I saw the said Glover sometime in February or March A.D. 1776 doing duty as a Sergeant in Capt. Glover's Company in said Regiment, and I have no doubt but he served as he has stated in his annexed declaration, I further state that the said Glover is very poor & infirm, and has received assistance from the town for his support. —
James Patch
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss. Beverly, August 5 th 1818, Personally appeared the above named James Patch and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by him signed.
Before me Thos. Stephens Jr. Just. Peace. —
Essex ss. I Ichabod Tucker, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in the County of Essex, hereby cer- tify that Thomas Stephens Jun r Esq r above named is a Jus- tice of the Peace for said County, and his Signature is genuine.
Atty. Ichabod Tucker, Clerk

ADDITIONAL
PROOF.
I, John Thompson of Marblehead in the County of ESSEX, in the COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, Thou shalt on solemn oath testify and depose, as follows:—
That I was a drummer in the Company commanded by Col. J. Lee in Col. Glover's Regt. in the American Revolutionary War. I well knew that Peter Glover mentioned in the annexed declaration was a Sergeant in the same Regiment in Col. John Glover's Company. When he entered the service I cannot say. I know that he went from Beverly with the troops in the month of July 1776, to New York. I know that Peter Glover was with the Regt. at New York, I saw him there repeatedly and I have no doubt his declaration is true - I was in the service about eighteen months, but am not reduced to the necessity of asking relief of my country.
John Thompson
I William Matthews of Marblehead in the County of Essex aforesaid do on solemn oath testify and say that I was a Soldier in the American Revolutionary War, and in the same Company & Regt. with Peter Glover above mentioned. When he enlisted or when discharged I cannot say, he was at Beverly & went with us from Beverly to New York in the year seventeen hundred & seventy six and I verily believe his declaration to be true -
witness R. H. French
William Matthews
Essex ss. August 1. 1818. Then John Thompson hereby solemnly subscribed & made solemn oath to the above affidavits
Coram: Ralph W. French, Jus. Peace.

I John Howard, of Salem in Mass ts on oath testify that in the first part of the year 1776 I was, a Sergeant in Capt. Thos Grants Company in Col. Glovers Regiment then stationed in Beverly near Salem - I was there, and in a short time after, in Jan y or early in Feb y 1776, I and a number others of our Regiment had our quarters in the dwellinghouse then occupied by Sergeant Peter Glover and his family: I know that while I was stationed at Beverly, Peter Glover was serving as a Sergeant in one of the companies of our Regiment.
I have not applied for a Pension
John Howard
Given under my hand this 3 d day of August 1815 Then John Howard Esq r late a Representative of the town of Salem in the Legislature of this State subscribed and made oath to the above affidavit before
Benj m Merrill Just. Pac e .
I certify that the said Benjamin Merrill and Ralph H. French Esq rs are Justices of the Peace for said County, and their respective aforementioned signatures are genuine.
Ichabod Tucker, Clerk of the Judicial Courts within and for the County of Essex.

E/552/5: August, 4th. 1818 I Daniel A. White the Judge aforesaid hereby further certify that it ap- pears to my satisfaction that the said Peter Glover served more than nine months at one period of continued service in the Revolutionary War on the Continental estab- lishment against the common enemy: That the said John Howard, John Thompson, and W m Matthews are credible and disinterested witnesses and that the said Peter Glover is in indigent circumstances and needs the assistance of his country for support. D. A. White

32736 Rev INVALID.
File No. 32736
Peter Glover
Rev Geo. Mar
Act: 18 th March 1818 9
Index:—Vol. 9 , Page 155
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Glover, Peter Mass. S 32736

Sergeant Glover: of Capt. Glover's Company in the H. Regt. being at present unfit for Duty, very likely to continue so is therefore Discharged from the Service allowing him ten Days Travel Home. S. Little Nov. 24. 1861. John Glover Commandant